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IT Consultant Principal, Storage

Primary Location Pleasanton, California Worker Location Remote Job Number 1261951 Date posted 04/03/2024
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Description:
Technical Summary



The Storage Principal position must understand components of storage and how those components make up a storage asset.


They will support the department with their hands-on experience with assigning NAS and cloud storage, reporting on all aspects of storage (utilization, inventory, capacity, and unit and cost). Other responsibilities may include implementing different levels of RAID, connecting storage through switches, redundancy requirements, gathering and reporting on storage related metrics and other core aspects of managing a Storage Area Network for a medium to large enterprise.


They may also support with the following:



  • Work in close partnership with major storage vendors like Dell/EMC, IBM, Hitachi, Netapp, and other major storage vendors.

  • Maintain storage asset inventory and associated hardware and software maintenance.

  • Provide thought leadership in Storage and emerging Storage technologies and work closely with customers to understand business needs and translate into a strategic roadmap. 

  • Work closely with engineering teams to translate business need to determine a technical solution.

  • Speak to the different technologies with relation to pros and cons or risk versus reward and cost.

  • Ensure all contributors to service component cost are accurate, speak to the contributors, and work with IT/finance team to adjust as necessary.

  • Understand how to compare KP storage cost at the different technology types and compare them to industry standards.  

  • Utilize Product or Service Management experience to support the department.

  • Manage a >$10M Storage budget and forecasting.

  • Write executive summaries for ordering and integrating components to provide service.

  • Identify & executes on performance and cost objectives.






Job Summary:

This senior level individual contributor is primarily responsible for serving as the lead technical expert across project teams, setting technical direction across technical solutions, and overseeing all IT systems.



Essential Responsibilities:


  • Drives the execution of multiple work streams by identifying customer and operational needs; developing and updating new procedures and policies; gaining cross-functional support for objectives and priorities; translating business strategy into actionable business requirements; obtaining and distributing resources; setting standards and measuring progress; removing obstacles that impact performance; guiding performance and developing contingency plans accordingly; solving highly complex issues; and influencing the completion of project tasks by others.

  • Practices self-leadership and promotes learning in others by soliciting and acting on performance feedback; building collaborative, cross-functional relationships; communicating information and providing advice to drive projects forward; adapting to competing demands and new responsibilities; providing feedback to others, including upward feedback to leadership; influencing, mentoring, and coaching team members; fostering open dialogue amongst team members; evaluating and responding to the strengths and weaknesses of self and unit members; and adapting to and learning from change, difficulties, and feedback.

  • Leads a team of IT consultants in the development of requirements, for process or system solutions which may span multiple business domains by leveraging partnerships with stakeholders and appropriate IT teams (for example, Solutions Delivery, Infrastructure, Enterprise Architecture).

  • Leverages multiple business requirements gathering methodologies to identify business, functional, and non-functional requirements (for example, SMART) across the enterprise.

  • Leads and oversees the development and documentation of comprehensive business cases to assess the costs, benefits, ROI, and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of highly unique or complex solution proposals.

  • Leads the evolution of applications, systems, and/or processes to a desired future state by translating how current processes impact business operations across the enterprise.

  • Leads teams of IT Consultants in the mapping of current state against future state processes.

  • Defines the impact of requirements on upstream and downstream solution components.

  • Provides insight and influence to executive management and business leaders on how to integrate requirements with current systems and business processes across the enterprise.

  • Reviews, evaluates, and prioritizes value gaps and opportunities for process enhancements or efficiencies.

  • Leads solution design by translating requirements into workable business solutions and leading in design sessions with IT teams.

  • Recommends and advocates for additional data and/or services needed to address key business issues related to process or solutions design.

  • Leads the evaluation of third-party vendors as directed.

  • Drives continuous process improvement by leading the development, implementation, and maintenance of standardized tools, templates, and processes across the enterprise.

  • Recommends and advocates for regional and national process improvements which align with sustainable best practices, and the strategic and tactical goals of the business.

Minimum Qualifications:


  • Bachelors degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, CIS or related field and Minimum ten (10) years experience in IT consulting, business analysis, or a related field. Additional equivalent work experience may be substituted for the degree requirement.


Additional Requirements:

Preferred Qualifications:
  • Five (5) years experience working for a health care organization
  • Five (5) years experience working for an IT organization
Primary Location: California,Pleasanton,Pleasanton Tech Cntr Building A Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40 Shift: Day Workdays: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri Working Hours Start: 08:00 AM Working Hours End: 05:00 PM Job Schedule: Full-time Job Type: Standard Worker Location: Remote Employee Status: Regular Employee Group/Union Affiliation: NUE-IT-01|NUE|Non Union Employee Job Level: Individual Contributor Specialty: IT Consulting Department: KPIT ADMIN - ITO IPS STI SCL - 9601 Pay Range: $176900 - $228910 / year The ranges posted above reflect the location in the job posting. The salary range may vary if you reside in a different location or state than the location posted. Travel: No Remote: Work location is the remote workplace (from home) within KP authorized states. Worker location must align with Kaiser Permanente's Authorized States policy. At Kaiser Permanente, equity, inclusion and diversity are inextricably linked to our mission, and we aim to make it a part of everything we do. We know that having a diverse and inclusive workforce makes Kaiser Permanente a better place to receive health care, a more supportive partner in our communities we serve, and a more fulfilling place to work. Working at Kaiser Permanente means that you agree to and abide by our commitment to equity and our expectation that we all work together to create an inclusive work environment focused on a sense of belonging and wellbeing.

Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), age, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status, parental status, ancestry, disability, gender identity, veteran status, genetic information, other distinguishing characteristics of diversity and inclusion, or any other protected status. Submit Interest